{{short description|American soccer player (born 1982)}} {{For|the double murderer|2003 Rocori High School shooting}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jason McLaughlin | image = Jason-McLaughlin-2009-04-03.jpg | image_size = 175 | fullname = Jason Ray McLaughlin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|4|14}} | birth_place = Provo, Utah, United States | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | position = Midfielder/Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | collegeyears1 = 2000–2005 | college1 = UAB Blazers | years1 = 2005 | clubs1 = Augusta FireBall | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2006 | clubs2 = Atlanta Silverbacks | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = Montreal Impact | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = Vancouver Whitecaps | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2008 | clubs5 = Atlanta Silverbacks | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2009 | clubs6 = Portland Timbers | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2010 | clubs7 = Portland Timbers U23s | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2010 | managerclubs1 = Portland Timbers U23s ''(asst.)'' | manageryears2 = 2015 | managerclubs2 = Faulkner Eagles ''(asst.)'' | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = August 7, 2010 | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Jason McLaughlin''' (born April 14, 1982, in Provo, Utah) is an American soccer player who last played for Portland Timbers U23s in the USL Premier Development League.
==Career==
===College and amateur=== McLaughlin grew up in Wetumpka, Alabama, and attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, playing on the men's soccer team from 2000 to 2005, scoring 15 goals and assisted on 13 others during his career. McLaughlin captained the Blazers his junior season and led them to a third-place finish the Conference USA tournament. He led the team in scoring his senior season with five goals and eight assists and received numerous accolades for his performance, including a NSCAA All-South Region third-team selection and All-C-USA second-team honors.
During his college years McLaughlin also played one season with the Augusta Fireball of the USL Premier Development League.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2005/roster/2780739.html |title=2005 Augusta Fireball |access-date=2008-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724034513/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2005/roster/2780739.html |archive-date=2008-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Professional=== McLaughlin signed his first professional contract in 2006 when he joined the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL First Division. He played 28 games, scoring 5 goals, in his debut season. On January 11, 2007, the Silverbacks traded him and Fabian Dawkins to the Montreal Impact in exchange for Mauricio Salles and Dan Antoniuk.<ref name=swap>{{Cite web |url=http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/161742.html |title=Dawkins and McLaughlin traded for Salles and Antoniuk |access-date=2007-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235745/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/161742.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On April 11, the Impact then traded McLaughlin to the Vancouver Whitecaps for Sita-Taty Matondo, with McLaughlin never having pulled on an Impact jersey.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=676 |title=IMPACT ACQUIRES FORWARD SITA-TATY MATONDO |access-date=2008-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723194725/http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=676 |archive-date=2011-07-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> McLaughlin spent the 2007 season in Vancouver, featuring in 19 games.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/22394.html |title=2007 Vancouver Whitecaps |access-date=2008-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704133813/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/22394.html |archive-date=2008-07-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On November 14, 2007, the Silverbacks announced they had re-signed McLaughlin to a three-year contract after he was released by the Whitecaps.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/news/displaynews.php?id=653&cat=1 |title=MCLAUGHLIN RETURNS TO ATLANTA; SILVERBACKS INK AMBERSLEY |access-date=2008-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929164053/http://atlantasilverbacks.com/news/displaynews.php?id=653&cat=1 |archive-date=2008-09-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2009, following Atlanta's demise, he moved to the Portland Timbers of the USL-1.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=123215522684487300 |title=TIMBERS: Soccer team signs seven players |access-date=2009-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608041555/http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=123215522684487300 |archive-date=2011-06-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He played 21 games for Portland in 2009 before being released on December 7, 2009;<ref>[http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/387008.html Timbers sign Quavas Kirk; Nine players not returning for 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211063959/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/387008.html |date=2009-12-11 }}</ref> he subsequently signed to play for the Timbers' USL Premier Development League affiliate, Portland Timbers U23s, as an over-age player and assistant coach. He made his debut for the U23s on May 21, 2010, in a game against the Spokane Spiders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/stats/2010/1584914.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |website=pdl.uslsoccer.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229144646/http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/stats/2010/1584914.html |archive-date=2012-02-29}}</ref>
==Honors==
===Portland Timbers=== *'''USL First Division Commissioner's Cup (1):''' 2009
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403075952/http://portlandtimbers.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=53 Portland Timbers bio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080818211743/http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/pro/players.php?id=00000340 Atlanta Silverbacks bio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519022545/http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/news/displaynews.php?id=823&cat=15 A Conversation with Jason McLaughlin]
{{DEFAULTSORT:McLaughlin, Jason}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Category:American men's soccer players Category:Atlanta Silverbacks FC players Category:Augusta FireBall players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Category:People from Wetumpka, Alabama Category:Portland Timbers (2001–2010) players Category:Capital FC players Category:Soccer players from Alabama Category:UAB Blazers men's soccer players Category:USL First Division players Category:USL League Two players Category:Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players